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Document the Moments You Feel the Most In Love With Yourself

Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat. ~ Warsan Shire Lately, my jam has been dressing like a preppy teenage boy. Untucked button-down shirts, baggy sweaters, sneakers. It’s easy, it’s comfortable, it never feels old. I
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Week in Review: Week 243

Normally I do a little bit each day of this weekly review post…and by the time of the end of the week rolls around it’s mostly done. And more importantly, I don’t have to try to remember what I did each day! This week was so full I didn’t get one thing
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Style Session: How to Style Maroon

Maroon, wine, burgundy, whatever you call it, it’s a beautiful jewel-tone for fall and more versatile than you might think. There are times I think EVERY color is a neutral! I don’t have a ton of maroon in my wardrobe right now but I tend to go through phases where I have
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Week in Review: Week 242

MONDAY Yay! Finally! Some fun! Some getting the heck out of dodge, seeing some new sights. It was a beautiful night…but melancholy, as my one good friend is moving to FL NEXT WEEK and a sweet light will go out of my life. This was our LAST HURRAH before she goes. Not
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Oct 19-23

FIRST, I want to introduce you to a new friend…this is Liz. She has a blog called Closet Play Image, and in addition to her penchant for sharing wardrobe inspiration, she does a feature called Copycat Style. And guess who she copycatted this month?! Me! Hee hee! She has so much goodness
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Monday Funday

On, you know, Wednesday. But still. As happy as I am staying home, in the house, alone, all by myself…it’s good to get out of The Box and go someplace new and different and exciting. My friends and I had tickets back in March to go to a new thing in New
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Week in Review: Week 241

Sigh. The weeks are slipping by and I’m really not doing much other than job-work and blog-work. I’m trying to get outside every day (beyond just driving to and from work) but…it doesn’t always happen. So I’ll pass on the daily updates this week and just share what’s going on in general and
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Oct. 12-16, 2020

Well, I KINDA managed to wear a summer item every day, as challenged… MONDAY Tuesday was the first workday as Monday was the holiday…and it was cold and rainy and I just wanted to feel cozy when I went to the office. Like a cozy tree (?) ha ha. I’m not sure
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Plus Size Nordstrom Trunk Club Try-On

I resumed my Trunk Club subscription in the hopes I’ll find some things off my shopping list. As always it was a bit of an adventure. There’s an 18-minute video at the bottom if you want to see them in action and hear more details. Spoiler Alert: I’m actually keeping something! CASLON
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How to Style Plaid Shirts

Plaid shirts are a classic item in a casual wardrobe. But I love to take a casual item and dress it up…and take a dressy item and dress it down (always have to be contrary)! I remember when I was younger we referred to plaid flannel shirts as “cowboy shirts.” Remember the
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Week in Review: Week 240

MONDAY Worked from home. Don’t think I left the building. Intended to go for a walk after work but. The End. TUESDAY Worked in the office. The building is still very quiet as we don’t allow any “outsiders” in. Deliveries just get left in the outer lobby, no parent meetings on-site, no
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Oct 5-9 2020

monday Never left the building. I hate getting dressed for no reason (thanks, Mommy). Hence, no picture. tuesday Was hoping for a cool day so wore a cozy cardigan but it was way too warm in the building to leave it on. I can’t wait til payday so I can finally buy
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Where Bloggers Live: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

  Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes? Every month a group of seven bloggers share their workspaces, homes, towns, and more! This month’s theme is These Are
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Week in Review: Week 239

Monday-Friday I’m pretty much just working, going home and blog-working, getting on the sofa by 9 to watch more K-drama. Staying up way too late. Lather, rinse, repeat. OH SHOOT! I just realized I never wrote anything about the 2-week sugar detox! I started it last Tuesday and just went on my merry
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Ageless Style: Inspired by a Song

Welcome to this month’s Ageless Style linkup where each month, ten women share their sense of style.  This month Jodie of J Touch of Style selected the theme: Inspired by a Song! I chose The Avett Brothers song, “Pretty Girl at the Airport.” It’s a melancholy song with lovely harmonies and melodies.
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Sep 28-Oct 2

Hahaha when I just put all the pictures in here I realized I’m looking down in every single one. IT WAS JUST ONE-A THOSE WEEKS! Plus, Monday was a holiday and I’m not sure I ever got dressed or left the building. Tuesday Work from home day. Obvi. There was a zoom
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What I Bought in September

I bought a couple “things” – a new small non-stick pan for eggs and a glass baking dish cuz mine is still lost in a box somewhere. These were both in-person purchases at the Corning Outlet when we went upstate in the beginning of the month, so no pictures. And I bought
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Making Your Fall/Winter Shopping Lists

It’s that time again! The new season’s weather is starting to take hold and most of your summer clothes have been pulled from your closet already. Now is the time to go through your closet, item by item, thinking about the outfits you do, or would like to, create with that item.
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Style Session: How to Wear Plus Size White Jeans for Fall

Next to “fat ladies shouldn’t wear horizontal stripes,” I think “don’t wear white after Labor Day” is my favorite fashion rule to break. And I know I’ve said here before that I think I actually prefer white jeans in fall and winter because of the contrast between them and the rich, spicy colors
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Week in Review: Week 238

MONDAY Monday. Nuff said. TUESDAY Worked from home. Left the apartment the second I punched out at the end of the day and went for a walk in a nearby preserve. Felt good to just be outside and moving. WEDNESDAY Yay! PA straightened out the welbutrin prescription! Thanks, Rita! Was 80 degrees today
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